A key figure behind Star Trek's classic era has likened the shortened seasons of modern TV to the equivalent of a Tinder relationship, and said he hoped the sci-fi franchise would return to 22-episode seasons.
I’m a bit surprised that anyone would bother to note a downvote, let alone dig deep enough to investigate who downvoted and then specifically call them (me) out in the comments. It feels over the top and borderline malicious.
As to why I downvoted in this case, two reasons:
discussion of someone’s pet name for a family member seems very irrelevant in this case, not particularly “contributing to the conversation”. I get why the question was asked and answered but it seems so far from anything important, especially now that it’s been explained.
it bothers me that someone would write as if the reader should be expected to somehow know who their husband is, let alone by reference to their pet name.
Lastly, I don’t know why someone would ever be so invested in up- or down-votes at all. It’s not like the fediverse has the Reddit concept of “Karma” or whatever one wants to call fake internet points. It’s disappointing to have a negative total on a post sure but it’s completely ephemeral and irrelevant to one’s life.
1). “His lordship” is actually a pretty common way to refer to your spouse in third person, it’s a cultural joke to the extent you can even get mugs of it on amazon. It’s not actually a pet name, he doesn’t get called that irl, just online so a better phrase would have been sobriquet or moniker i suppose, but my brain was still coming online in the morning
just because you don’t understand something is not a valid reason to shit on it
just because a conversation occurs that you don’t like is also not a valid reason to shit on it.
Alright, I’ll bite.
I’m a bit surprised that anyone would bother to note a downvote, let alone dig deep enough to investigate who downvoted and then specifically call them (me) out in the comments. It feels over the top and borderline malicious.
As to why I downvoted in this case, two reasons:
Lastly, I don’t know why someone would ever be so invested in up- or down-votes at all. It’s not like the fediverse has the Reddit concept of “Karma” or whatever one wants to call fake internet points. It’s disappointing to have a negative total on a post sure but it’s completely ephemeral and irrelevant to one’s life.
I think you’re overestimating how much effort I put into checking, but I shouldn’t have bothered to reply on it (removed).
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Might be easier for different platforms.
On Lemmy/Voyager it doesn’t seem really feasible but perhaps it’s more obvious elsewhere.
1). “His lordship” is actually a pretty common way to refer to your spouse in third person, it’s a cultural joke to the extent you can even get mugs of it on amazon. It’s not actually a pet name, he doesn’t get called that irl, just online so a better phrase would have been sobriquet or moniker i suppose, but my brain was still coming online in the morning
just because you don’t understand something is not a valid reason to shit on it
just because a conversation occurs that you don’t like is also not a valid reason to shit on it.
The world is much, much larger than you are.
It’s a downvote, not an insult. This whole conversation is a tempest in a teapot.